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Originally posted by dhillis View PostI understand the frustration about football having huge stadiums to play football in, but unless you live in that community, you shouldn't complain. Also, big ticket items such as new schools and football stadiums are not part of a regular school budget. Those things are paid for with bonds. The people in the community vote on bonds which specifically list where and how the money for the bond will be spent. So, the majority of the people that live in these communities are ok with the large stadiums. If they weren't, the bond would have never passed to build it.
The residents of Katy year after year voted down the football stadium when it was a bond all by itself, meanwhile approving bonds to improve and add new schools. So the board got the bright idea to lump the stadium in with the other needed improvements in one bond, and then say nope, can't have one without the other.
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Originally posted by WItoTX View PostGenerally you are right. However, What Katy ISD did was tie the football stadium to things most people agree with, like adding schools to reduce overcrowding, increasing the number of teachers, etc...
The residents of Katy year after year voted down the football stadium when it was a bond all by itself, meanwhile approving bonds to improve and add new schools. So the board got the bright idea to lump the stadium in with the other needed improvements in one bond, and then say nope, can't have one without the other.
That's a lot different than a district like Allen with one HS.
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Well if we are complaining about school taxes, why do does my wife and I have to pay school taxes when we don't have kids and never will? Heck we should get a tax break for not bringing more people into the world and in turn putting less burden on the resources and environment... .
That's a joke before anybody gets their undies in a bunch.
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Originally posted by dhillis View PostI understand the frustration about football having huge stadiums to play football in, but unless you live in that community, you shouldn't complain. Also, big ticket items such as new schools and football stadiums are not part of a regular school budget. Those things are paid for with bonds. The people in the community vote on bonds which specifically list where and how the money for the bond will be spent. So, the majority of the people that live in these communities are ok with the large stadiums. If they weren't, the bond would have never passed to build it.
someone with a clue!!
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Originally posted by meltingfeather View Postlol
Generating some revenue and making money are two different things.
If I pay $60M for something and rent it out for $10k (if that) a few times a year, I'm not making money.
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Originally posted by curtintex View PostKaty has nine 6A high schools. Where are they supposed to play ball? If you take the cost and divide it by the number of schools that will use it, I bet it's not out of line with any other small town stadium as a percentage.
That's a lot different than a district like Allen with one HS.
Originally posted by stickbowcoop View PostWell if we are complaining about school taxes, why do does my wife and I have to pay school taxes when we don't have kids and never will? Heck we should get a tax break for not bringing more people into the world and in turn putting less burden on the resources and environment... .
That's a joke before anybody gets their undies in a bunch.
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Originally posted by stickbowcoop View PostWell if we are complaining about school taxes, why do does my wife and I have to pay school taxes when we don't have kids and never will? Heck we should get a tax break for not bringing more people into the world and in turn putting less burden on the resources and environment... .
That's a joke before anybody gets their undies in a bunch.
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Originally posted by WItoTX View PostThey could have built 9 stadiums with steel bleachers in a rice field somewhere for 1/4 the cost. But no, they had to have the biggest. That's the gripe. I get it, it's Texas football, and it's important. And I respect residents ability to vote for what they want, and my side lost. I am okay with that, but you got to admit it was a chicken **** way to get the stadium passed.
Agreed lol
I remember the Katy voters initially voting down the new stadium. It wasn't until it was packaged with other things actually needed that voters decided to move in that direction.
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